Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-11-08
THE SOLICITING COMMITTEE.
Tho Meeting at the Board of
Trade Last Night.

Trade Last Night.
Those present at the meeting of the
Subscription Committee appointed to
solicit funds towards the Soldiers
Home, in the Board Of Trade rooms
last night, were Col. 0. H. Violet,
Messrs. s. M. Perry. J. L. Mathews,
VIM. Gilbert, M. F. O'Dea and G. M.
Fairbanks. The object of the meet
ing was to examine the following
copy of the approved form Of the SUBJ
scription list and to map out the work
for the members of the committee.
The following is copy Of the list:
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE
ON THE LOCATION OF A BRANCH
OF THE NATIONAL HOME, DIV. s.,
Los ANGELES, CAL, Nov. A, 1887. }
Subscription list, authorized, pre-
pared and circulated by virtue of a
resolution unanimously adopted at a
meeting of the General Committee on
the Location of Branch of the Ma
tional Home for Disabled Volunteer
Soldiers, held at the rooms of the Los
Angeles Board Of Trade, Monday
evening, October 81, 1887, said Gem
eral Committee being composed OF
representatives from the following
corporate bodies of this city: Com
mon Council, Los Angeles Board Of
Trade, Los Angeles Real Estate and
Stock Exchange, Los Angeles Stock
and Bond Exchange, Frank Bartlett
Post, G. A. R., Stanton Post, G. A..
r., Gelcich Post, G.. A. R., John A..
Logan Post, G. A. R., Military Order
Loyal Legion.
The object of this subscription is to
raise fund for the establishment OF
the grounds Of the Home, If estab-
lished here and the conditions OF the
subscriptions are as follows:
First. Payments to be made only
in sums equal to twenty-five per cent.
Of the respective subscriptions.
Second. Said amounts to be paid
in as follows: The first payment on
demand OF the Board of Managers. N.
H. d. V. S., after work shall have
been commenced; and subsequent
payments to be made at intervals OF
not less than three months apart.
Third. That the money raised by
this subscription shall be used only
for the establishment of the grounds
for the Home.
Fourth. That the payment of the
subscriptions to this fund, is based
solely on the condition that the
Branch Home is located within this
county.
1t is moreover fully understood by
us in affixing our signatures to this
list that our subscription to the fund
is unconditional as to locality, save
only that it must be in Los Angeles
county.
We hereby certify that the foil ow-
ing gentlemen comprise the Com
mittee on Subscriptions, appointed
by the General Committee, to solicit
and collect the same:
S. M. Perry, w. H. Monroe,
G. M. Fairbanks, Col. o. H. Violet,
f. p. Johnson, L. ]. Mathews,
Col. H. G. Otis, E. M. Hamilton,
T. Z. Rowan, VIM. Gilbert,
NJ. F. O'Dea.
General Committee on location Of
Branch N. H. d. V. S.:
w, H. WORKMAN, Chairman.
A. M. LAWRENCE, Secretary.
LIST.
Subject to the above conditions,
we the undersigned hereby subscribe
and agree to pay the sums set oppo-
site our respective names"
The words land collect" were OBJ
iected to, and by motion, stricken
out. because the committee had no
power to collect, as the money will
not be asked for until it is ascertained
whether or not the Home is to be To-
Gated in Los Angeles County.
1t was ordered that the committee
report to Mr.. s. M. Perry daily at his
office, No. 80, South Main and Spring
street each days subscriptions. The
question of how the work was to be
prosecuted here came up, and by
motion, Monrovia and the adjacent
country was assigned to Colonel w. H.
Monroe as the most suitable person
for that part Of the country. f. M.
Hamilton, for the same reason, was
assigned to East Los Angeles and
Boyle Heights. The remainder of the
committee was not assigned any par
ticular territory, but was divided of
in pairs to solicit day or half day
at a time. According to this plan
Colonel o. H. Violet and Mr.. l.. j.
Mathews agreed to solicit Wednesday
afternoon, and Messrs. G. M. Fair.
banks and NJ. F. O'Dea promised to
do likewise on Thursday morning
Mr.. S. M. Perry said he would ask
Colonel II. G. Otis to aid him, ano
Thursday afternoon Messrs William